Thursday, September 6, 2007

How to Gain a Climate Consensus

Washington Post op-ed columnist and former Secretary of State George Schultz writes today on what is needed to obtain a global agreement on climate change post-Kyoto. He specifically points to WRI and WBCSD's GHG Protocol as an example of a multi-stakeholder collaboration that should serve as a foundation for international cap and trade systems.

"The product of collaboration between the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, these standards for accounting and reporting greenhouse gases should be duly understood and adopted."

To read the full editorial, click here.